Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
Small aim is a crime; have great aim.
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
War is never a lasting solution for any problem.
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.
God is everywhere.
I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
No sanction can stand against ignited minds.
A teacher should have a creative mind.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
